Comfort Square shut down

EWING — Following a four hour Ewing Township Planning Board meeting, Mayor Bert Steinmann and Ewing Township Council voted unanimously to shut down the Comfort Square. Morrisville businessman Hing Keng Lin and banquet hall operator Lawrence Caulker told the township in July of 2011 that the hall would be used for baby and bridal showers. A year and a half later, Ewing police revealed all the trouble the township has had with the club, which featured shootings both inside and outside the club, mace being sprayed indoors, assaults on pregnant women and underage drinking. Lin and Caulker, whowere represented by Mark Davis, the same lawyer representing Trenton Mayor Tony Mack. Davis argued that they were unaware of the rules for the hall and the trouble going on within it, citing language barriers, cultural differences and by disputing the township’s evidence. An exasperated Davis eventually appeared to give up and implored council to just get on with the vote, which they did.